Thursday, May 05, 2005

Lumina Adds State-of-the-Art Optimization Capabilities to Its Analytica Platform for Business Analytics

PRESS RELEASE Lumina Adds State-of-the-Art Optimization Capabilities to Its Analytica Platform for Business Analytics: "Analytica offers many advantages over traditional spreadsheets with its visual modeling and easy handling of multiple dimensions,' said Daniel Fylstra, CEO of Frontline Systems. 'This is important for optimization models, which frequently use many dimensions. We look forward to use of our Solvers by existing and new Analytica users."

ABC News: Professors Develop Spreadsheets for Water

Wednesday, May 04, 2005

The News-Gazette Online

Coburg council urged to investigate - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA

Coburg council urged to investigate - The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA

"Somehow it was hidden in the gobbledygook of a huge spreadsheet, but at some point was there fraud?"

IT-Director.com: Managing Spreadsheets by Philip Howard

White paper on managing spreadsheets: IT-Director.com: Managing Spreadsheets by Philip Howard

Slashdot | $10B Annual Tab for Spreadsheet Errors?

Emptoris Congratulates GM -- 2005 Edelman Prize Winner

Emptoris Congratulates GM -- 2005 Edelman Prize Winner

GM won for
its entry entitled, "Increasing Production Throughput at General Motors."
Using operations research to achieve one of its signature benefits -- greater
efficiency -- GM has saved over $2 billion through improved productivity at 30
assembly plants in 10 countries.

Iconix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Key Biomarker/Drug Signature Paper in Genome Research

Iconix Pharmaceuticals Announces Publication of Key Biomarker/Drug Signature Paper in Genome Research

The analysis focused on a family of new linear classification methods including Sparse Linear Programming (SPLP) and Sparse Logistic Regression (SPLR) and their performance classifying drugs in four categories

SAP wants to make analytics easier - Computerworld